Can a driver be found to have been negligent in a motor vehicle accident?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kleinmann v. State of New York, 207 Misc. 590 (N.Y. Ct. Cl. 1955):
Negligence cannot be inferred from the facts that the car skidded or that the accident happened. (Lahr v. Tirrill, 274 N.Y. 112; Wesley v. State of New York, 272 App. Div. 990.)
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